""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 History and Incidence of Wife Assault""; ""2 Explanations for Wife Assault: Psychiatry, Sociobiology, and Sociology""; ""3 The Social Psychology of the Wife Assaulter: The Theory""; ""4 The Social Psychology of the Wife Assaulter: The Research Studies""; ""5 The Abusive Personality""; ""6 Effects on the Victim""; ""7 Traumatic Bonding""; ""8 The Criminal Justice Response to Wife Assault""; ""9 The Treatment of Wife Assault""; ""10 The Future""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Indexes""; ""Subject Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""